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U.S. State Department Announces Process for BHR Plan
February 18, 2015
The U.S. State Department has issued answers to "frequently asked questions" regarding its development of a "national action plan" on business and human rights ("BHR") indicating that application of the plan to business conduct will take place both in the domestic sphere and around the world.
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AI Calls for Tax Crackdown to Fund Economic Rights
February 18, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has published an article calling on governments around the world to cooperate on pursuing the "bad guys" - multinational corporations seeking to structure transactions to avoid high taxes - in order to help fund economic, social, and cultural rights.
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Academic: Tax Avoidance Has BHR Implications
February 18, 2015
At a recent conference in Dublin, lecturer Shane Darcy called for activists to place pressure on governments to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance in order to use the proceeds to promote the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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ICAR Calls for Unity Behind Diverging BHR Approaches
February 18, 2015
The Director of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable ("ICAR") writes that in order to be successful in forcing companies and governments to recognize the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, activists must embrace both voluntary and binding BHR initiatives.
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Activists Call for "Rigorous" BHR Accountability System
February 11, 2015
Following an adverse outcome for their clients, who oppose the construction of a mine in Bangladesh, at the U.K. National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a group of activists has called for a "rigorous system of international accountability" for businesses on human rights issues.
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